Grain Management acquires Brazilian fibre network
Grain Management has acquired Grupo Conexão – a Brazilian internet service provider – from Acon Investments
Swoop acquires SA broadband provider
Telecommuting company Swoop has agreed to acquire South Australian broadband provider Beam Internet
Details of Data4’s Polish facility emerge
Data4's newly announced data centre in Poland is expected to have capex in excess of €100 million ($118.7m), with construction slated to begin by the end of the year
ADIA invests $500m in Southeast Asia towers operator
An Abu Dhabi Investment Authority subsidiary has acquired a minority stake in Malaysia-headquartered telecom towers operator EdgePoint Infrastructure for $500 million
AIIB is GIF’s newest partner
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is now a technical partner of the Global Infrastructure Facility, a G20 initiative
Marguerite signs Swedish data centre acquisition
Marguerite II Fund has acquired a 100% interest in Conapto, a Swedish data centre operator
Synergy sets up shop in Uzbekistan
Independent infrastructure and project finance advisory outfit Synergy Consulting has this week launched a new branch in Uzbekistan taking its total number of offices across the globe to 8
Data4 to set up shop in Poland
French data centre owner and operator Data4 is pushing ahead with its planned expansion in Europe and will open a data centre in Poland
Damkjaer takes role at AFC
Africa Finance Corporation has appointed to its board of directors Kirstine Damkjaer – the former chief executive of EKF, Denmark’s export credit agency
Secondaries fund bags Asian LP
An Asian-headquartered institutional investor has agreed to allocate capital to an infrastructure secondaries fund
IJGlobal ESG Awards – deadline extended
Due to popular demand – and possibly people getting their heads around a whole new set of criteria – we are extending the deadline for submissions to the inaugural IJGlobal ESG Awards
BTG Pactual takes InfraCo controlling stake
BTG Pactual is to purchase a controlling stake in InfraCo, holder of Brazil’s largest fibre optic network, from telecoms company Oi